At the management meeting held on 21 May 2005, four preliminary issues were referred to trial. These were whether or not the petition was served on time; whether there was proper service on the second respondent; whether security for costs was provided and whether or not the 2nd respondent was properly joined to the petition. At the hearing, on noticing that the petition had been lodged with the Registrar of this Court on 15 April 2008, I raised the further issue of whether it was presented within the time limits set out in section 168 (2) of the Electoral Act... More
This is an application for registration of an arbitral award. The applicant who was the legal owner of a commercial stand namely stand 11745 Harare Township entered into a joint venture agreement with the respondent for the construction of a commercial building which would be put up for rentals for ten years, with the parties equally sharing the rental proceeds. More
The plaintiff and the defendant entered into a verbal lease agreement and pursuant to that lease agreement the plaintiff has sought the eviction of the defendant on the ground that the defendant is in breach of that lease agreement having failed to pay rentals as agreed by the parties.
It was the plaintiff’s position that it terminated the lease agreement on 17 December 2009 but the defendant refused to give vacant possession of the leased property hence the instant proceedings. More
The applicants are facing a charge of contravening s 47 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Cap9:23]. It is alleged that they murdered PetrosMutedza. PetrosMutedza was an Inspector in the Zimbabwe Republic Police. He had been called to disperse MDC (T) youth who had gathered unlawfully at Glen View 3 Shopping Centre. The same group of MDC (T) youth numbering about 50 had earlier on been dispersed by other police officers from Glen View 4 Shopping Centre. More
On 29 May 2011 members of the Movement for Democratic Party (MDC) convened a gathering at Glenview One Shopping Centre. The gathering later matched to Glenview 4 Shopping Centre at around mid-day where the group was peacefully dispersed by the police. Despite having been dispersed by the police the group is alleged to have relocated to Glenview 3 Shopping Centre where the group of youths again gathered at Munyarari Night Club. They were allegedly ferried to that venue by Norman Marega Chikura using a Mazda B1800 motor vehicle. More
